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Then you shall bring his sons and put coats on them,

and you shall gird Aaron and his sons with sashes and bind caps on them. And the priesthood shall be theirs by a statute forever. Thus you shall ordain Aaron and his sons.

"Then you shall bring the bull before the tent of meeting. Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull.

"Then you shall take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram,

"You shall take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram,

and you shall kill the ram and take part of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron and on the tips of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the great toes of their right feet, and throw the rest of the blood against the sides of the altar.

Then you shall take part of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and his sons' garments with him. He and his garments shall be holy, and his sons and his sons' garments with him.

You shall put all these on the palms of Aaron and on the palms of his sons, and wave them for a wave offering before the Lord .

And you shall consecrate the breast of the wave offering that is waved and the thigh of the priests' portion that is contributed from the ram of ordination, from what was Aaron's and his sons'.

It shall be for Aaron and his sons as a perpetual due from the people of Israel, for it is a contribution. It shall be a contribution from the people of Israel from their peace offerings, their contribution to the Lord .

"The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him; they shall be anointed in them and ordained in them.

And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread that is in the basket in the entrance of the tent of meeting.

"Thus you shall do to Aaron and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. Through seven days shall you ordain them,

I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar. Aaron also and his sons I will consecrate to serve me as priests.

"When you take the census of the people of Israel, then each shall give a ransom for his life to the Lord when you number them, that there be no plague among them when you number them.

with which Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet.

They shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they may not die. It shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his offspring throughout their generations."

You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.

Whoever compounds any like it or whoever puts any of it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.'"

Whoever makes any like it to use as perfume shall be cut off from his people."